By Melissa Walsh Photo Gary Sissons Hikaru Orita has one philosophy – success is ensured when you follow your passion. For Hikaru, chef and owner of Orita’s2 Balnarring, that passion has always…
Food & Wine
Pt Leo Estate, the multimillion-dollar sculpture park and restaurant due to open in late October, is already set to blow the Peninsula culinary culture out of the water, having announced their A-list…
By Melissa Walsh Photos Yanni Moving to the Mornington Peninsula 11 years ago with his wife and small children was a coup for the region with accomplished chef, Stuart Bell, bringing…
By Melissa Walsh Photos Yanni It was a sea change seven years ago that brought Graham Kinsey and his young family down to the peninsula where he put his love of…
It is hard to imagine Michael Telera not making wine. After all, his family has been in the craft for about 500 years. Yes, you heard right. His family roots trace back…
By Melissa Walsh Photos Gary Sissons Coffee is big business these days and it’s a lot more complicated than just pouring an Aussie favorite white with two, courtesy of your jar of…
He’s been on the peninsula for years with his family holiday home. He uses only the best mushrooms from Benton Rise Farm in his restaurants and he is one in the trio…
By Melissa Walsh Photo Yanni He’s worked at The Square Restaurant in London, The Press Club and Fenix in Melbourne to name a few, rubbed shoulders with George Calombaris, Raymond Capaldi,…
By Peter McCullough These two words conjure up thoughts of jewellery or perhaps paintings, even furniture in the case of “heirlooms”, while “heritage” is generally applied to valued things such as historic…